Holding Back on This Helps the Devil
وَقُلْ لِعِبَادِي يَقُولُوا الَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
And tell My slaves to say whatever is best [of words and speech] (Al-Isrāʾ 53, partial extract)
The shaikh, Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī, may Allāh protect him, said:
From [that which is considered] reprehensible stinginess is a person being stingy about things that cost him nothing. A man [might] be stingy [in this way] with his wife; a wife, with her husband; a relative, with his relative; and a friend, with his friend–[about just saying] a nice word [or some] pleasant, agreeable expression, one that brings about more affection, makes the love grow, and foils whatever the devil had been plotting [between them].
Source: @m_g_alomari. 15 Feb 21.
﴿وَقُل لِّعِبَادِی یَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِی هِیَ أَحۡسَنُ﴾
من البخل الذميم أن يبخل الإنسان بما لا كلفة عليه فيه.
يبخل الرجل على زوجته، والزوجة على زوجها، والقريب على قريبه، والصديق على صديقه.
بالكلمة الطيبة، والعبارة الحسنة، التي تزيد المودة، وتنمّي المحبة، وتذهب كيد الشيطان.— د.محمد بن غالب العُمري (@m_g_alomari) February 15, 2021